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May, of 34, one female was mature, and thirteen nearly mature. Ripe 
specimens were got at all stations in the Forth. In St Andrews Bay, 
in June, sixteen females, out of 33 fish examined, were mature and ten 
nearly mature ; two males were examined, but were not ripe. In August, 
of 27, five females and one male were spent. In October and November 
all were immature. In March, of 13, ten females were nearly mature. 
In May, of 46, fifteen females were mature j and twelve nearly mature ; 
eleven males were nearly ripe. In June and July a large proportion in 
the Moray Firth and at Montrose were ripe. 
Offshore Grounds. — In June, of 17 specimens at Stations VIII. and IX., 
off the Firth of Forth, two females were ripe, and 5 nearly ripe. On 
July 26th, of 9, six females were mature, and two females and a male 
nearly mature. In August a female was spent. All were immature in 
October and November. In April, of ten specimens, five females and 
two males were nearly ripe. In May, of 24, eight females were ripe, and 
nine females and one male nearly ripe. At Smith Bank, in June and 
July, of 34, four females were mature, and five nearly mature ; six males 
were nearly ripe. In May most were nearing maturity. 
Catfish (Anarrhichas lupus). — Of 46 examined, nearly all in the 
Firth of Forth, in nearly every month in the year, a female was found 
partly spent at Station L, in St Andrews Bay, on March 5th. It was 
33 inches long. At Smith Bank, on May 24th, a female, 36 inches long, 
was spent, a male, 40 inches long, rather immature, and a female 42 
inches long, about half ripe. On May 29th, at Station I., Moray Firth, a 
female, 39 inches long, was fully half ripe. On, April 19th, a female, 36 
inches long, was spent at Station I., Firth of Forth; on May 12th, at the 
same station, a male 42 inches long and a female, 34 inches, were spent. 
Fishery officers examined twelve specimens ; three females were ripe, one 
on July 5th and the other two on September 12th and 27th, the others 
being spent. They were caught from 25 to 45 miles off the East Coast. 
The ' Garland ' obtained young specimens, J of an inch long, in the surface 
tow-net at the mouth of the Forth on 21st February, and also near the 
Bass Bock on May 7th. 
Angler (Lophius piscatorius). — Of 46 specimens, chiefly from the Forth, 
in the months from June to May, none were quite ripe, except a male, 
36 inches long, at Smith Bank, on May 24th. On October 3rd, at Station 
III., St Andrews Bay, a male, 45 inches long, was spent. On August 
3rd, at Station V., Firth of Forth, a male, 49 inches long, was spent. On 
February 14th, a male, 31 inches long, was half ripe. In March the 
reproductive organs of some specimens up to 30 inches were so un- 
developed that the sex could not be distinguished. 
Dragonet (Callionymus lyra). — Eleven were examined. One female, 6 J 
inches long, was quite mature on May 29th, at Station II., Moray Firth; 
and one female, 8 inches long, on June 13th, at Station V., St Andrews Bay. 
One female was spent in June at Station VII., Firth of Forth ; on May 
17th, two females were nearly ripe at this station. The pelagic ova were 
obtained in the surface tow-net on 7th May at Station II., in the Forth ; 
and young forms at Station I., on 3d July. 
Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus). — A spawning female, 17 inches 
long, was caught at Station II., Firth of Firth, on March 17th ; and two 
mature females, 14 and 15 inches long, at Stations IV. and V., at the end 
of April. 
Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa). — Twelve from 53 fathoms in the Moray 
Firth were examined in July. Females, 10 and 11 inches, and males, 12 
inches, were about half mature ; the sex of some specimens, 10 inches 
long, could not be determined. 
